{"id":16547,"date":"2017-09-01T16:56:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16547"},"modified":"2017-09-01T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:56:16","slug":"bd-carbuncle-cup-shortlists-six-contenders-for-worst-building-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16547","title":{"rendered":"BD: Carbuncle Cup shortlists six contenders for worst building of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dezeen<\/a>Six buildings have been shortlisted for architecture’s least illustrious prize, courtesy BD (Building Design) \u2013 the Carbuncle Cup for the UK’s worst new building from the last year.<\/h3>\n

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Dezeen writes:<\/p>\n

The projects nominated range from a new entrance to a rail station in Peston, Lancashire, to a student halls of residence in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station in London. The annual Carbuncle Cup is organised by architecture website Building Design (BD).<\/p>\n

\u2018Our six-strong shortlist contains a mix of buildings types of differing scales and demonstrates that buildings don’t have to be big to be bad and that poor-quality architecture touches all building types,\u2019 wrote BD magazine editor Thomas Lane in an article revealing the shortlist.<\/p>\n

Half of this year’s contenders are in London, as several key areas of the city including Victoria and Battersea undergo drastic regeneration. But a house extension in Malvern, Worcestershire, also makes the list.<\/p>\n

The shortlist was drawn up by a jury comprising Lane and BD assistant editor Elizabeth Hopkirk, as well as Twentieth Century Society director Catherine Croft and urbanist David Rudlin, the director of Urbed and chair of the Academy of Urbanism.<\/p>\n

Reader comments were also taken into consideration. The six projects have been published on BD ahead of the full shortlist reveal, with the winner of the Carbuncle Cup 2017 to be announced next week.<\/p>\n

Past recipients of the prize have included Rafael Vi\u00f1oly’s Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London and a student housing scheme, also in London, that was deemed \u2018prison-like\u2019 by the 2013 jury.<\/p>\n

See the full shortlist below:<\/p>\n